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apophthegm

/ap-uh-them/US // ˈæp əˌθɛm //UK // (ˈæpəˌθɛm) //

狎鸥亭,狎鸥亭亭长,狎鸥亭亭玉立,狎鸥亭亭主

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : apothegm.

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Examples

  • I should prefer to reverse the apophthegm, and to say that in life I see the promise and potency of all forms of matter.

  • Emphatic fulfillment does his success afford of the celebrated apophthegm of Mulready, "Know what you have to do, and do it."

  • Madame de Staël repeats this apophthegm in her work on Germany.

  • He delivered this apophthegm with emphasis, and repeated it in another form.

  • Faint heart never won fair lady, he said to himself, in some answering apophthegm.